Packing-box.



Unitarian STATES PATENT Ormea..

JOSEPH H. HARRINGTON, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

PACKING-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,108, datedSeptember 4, 1900.

Application filed January 21, 1898. Serial No. 667,397. (No model.)

.To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that LJOSEPH H. HARRINGTON, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Troy, in the county of Rensselaer, in the State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Packing- Box, of which thefollowing is a specification.

One object of my invention is to render the box dust-proof when firstmade and also to keep the same dust-proof afterward by so constructingit that the parts will not warp or get out of place after it has been inuse and subjected to variation of temperature, tbc.

Another object of my invention is to combine lightness with strength andrigidity and at the same time to keep down the cost of constructionwithin reasonable commercial limits.

My invention further contemplates an improved form of staple to be usedin the construction of the packing-box.

I will now proceed to describe a packingbox embodying my invention, andwill then point out the novel features in claims.

Figurel is a perspective view of a packingbox embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same. Fig. 3 isa cross-section of same,the section being taken on the plane of the line w a: of Fig. 2. Fig. 4is a view in detail of a staple employed.

Similar reference characters designate corresponding` parts in theseveral figures.

The drawings show a rectangular box of ordinary contour as far as thegeneral shape is concerned and, as will be seen more particularly byreferring to Fig. 3, of smooth or plane interior. The box is made up, asis usual, of two sides 6 7, two ends 8 9, bottom l0, and a top or cover1l. The sides, the ends, the top, and the bottom are each made upseparately in the form of a panel and are preferably in constructionprecisely similar, though in size of course they may vary. To describeone of these panels therefore will be to describe them all.

Numerals 1la 11a designate side strips which are provided at their endswith open mortises. 11b 11b are end strips having tenons which fit intosaid mortises, the side strips and end strips thus forming a rectangularframe to which maybe secured, as by nailing, facingboards 12. The saidfacing-boards are tongued and grooved together, as shown at 12a, inorder that they may it so closely as to exclude the dust.

11c designates a brace extending between the two side strips 1l 11i Thesaid brace is secured to the side pieces, preferably by means of astaple 13. (Shown more clearly in detail in Fig. i.) This staple 13 hasa straight or beveled top and two outwardlyflaring tangs 13 13. Theseoutwardly-flaring tangs will have the eifect (when driven into the woodto join the brace to one of the side strips, as shown) of drawing theparts together, thereby insuring a close fit, as well as making averysecure connection. The facing-boards may now conveniently be secured, asby nailing, to the said brace, and thus all the parts constituting asingle panel will be securely fastened together.

One of the great troubles to contend with in the use of framing in theconstruction of packing-boxes is the tendency of the frame to warp andthereby to draw the facing parts apart. By the use of a brace secured inthe manner shown and described the Vframing and facing parts will all bekept securely in their posit-ion and dust will be prevented from workingthrough between the joints of the facing-boards.

The several panels constructed as described, constituting the differentparts of the box, may be conveniently fastened together, as by nails orscrews or in any manner as may be desired.

A box constructed as described will have a maximum of strength with aminimum of lightness, the heavier framing will withstand heavy blows andconsiderable pressure and protect the light facing-boards. These lightfacing-boards covering the greater surface will keep down the weight ofthe box.

l. A panel constituting a side, an end, top or bottom of a packing-boxcomprising four strips suitably framed together, facing-boardstongue-and-grooved into each other and fastened to said strips, a braceconnecting two of the framing-strips intermediate of their ends, andwire staples having outwardly-flaring tangs said brace being secured toeach of the two said strips by means of said staples all substantiallyas specified.

2. A packing-box having its sides, ends, by means of said staples, saidsides/ends, top Io top and bottom each consisting of a panel and bottomall adapted to be suitably secured comprising four strips suitablyframed totogether substantially as specified. gether, facing-boardstongue and grooved Signed by me at Troy, New York, this 15th into eachother and fastened to said strips, a day of January, 1898.

brace connecting two of the framing-strips JOSEPH H. HARRINGTON.intermediate of their ends, and Wire' staples Witnesses:

having outwardiy-aring tangs, said brace CHAS. H. HARRINGTON,

being secured to each of the two said strips ALBERT BEDELL.

